It’s Norn Week For Guild Wars 2

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The Norns – handsome, snow-wreathed, shape-shifting northern types – have been confirmed as a playable race for Guild Wars 2, and ArenaNet are spending the entire week detailing them. Here’s the first such entry, which explains: “Aside from their size and their ability to shape-shift into a powerful half-animal form, norn are defined by their unique worldview. They value glory and deeds of valor above all – they’re just built that way. ”The norn get famous or die trying,” says Lead Writer Bobby Stein.” Go, Norns, I say.

Become famous or die trying! Then resurrect, and become famous or die trying! Then resurrect, and become famous or die trying! Then resurrect, and become famous or die trying! Then resurrect, and become famous or die trying!

GW2 is set a couple hundred years after GW1. Technology has moved forwards to early gunpowder tech, so you’ve got ships and fortresses with cannons, and flintlock pistols. It’s still mostly swords and bows and magic, though.

EDIT: Haha! I thought I was referencing a Bourne film, but then I realized I was thinking of the Bourne Again Shell (popular unix shell with an incredibly geeky name with multiple meanings).
So maybe the headline could have been “Norn Again, Geek Harder” or “nash” perhaps even the contrived “Norn Again, walking on eggShells”.

Never hire me for headlines, clearly. I’ll mess up your references and make you look silly.

Except the giant, shapeshifter part obviously… Also, the Mandalorians are/were nomads and their culture is based on war, to the contrary of the Norns which are sedentary (although chased from their homeland, but still) and pursue fame and glory through any way, not just war or conflict.